Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na
RE-identification of De-identified Personal Information is an offence in Australia
n amendment bill has been tabled in Australia to amend the Privacy Act 1988 to prohibit conduct related to the re-identification of de-identified personal information published or released by Government entities. (See Details here) According to the provisions of the … Continue reading
Chroma Key Morphing alleged in Hillary Clinton Video..A lesson for Cyber Forensic Specialists
Some time back, there was a lot of discussion in India about a video in JNU in which allegations that anti India slogans were raised. There were two versions of the video one in which there were clear indications that … Continue reading
Mirai Botnet brings down Liberia’s Internet.. What do we learn?
The DDOS attack on the Internet service provider Dyn which suffered a massive DDOS attack on October 21 with 1.2 Terra Bytes of data directed from about 145000 CCTV/DVR instruments working as a botnet shook up US internet and brought … Continue reading
RBI should do a security audit of Corporation Bank new IT system
It has been pointed out in these columns that after the recent changes made in the account numbering system in Corporation Bank there have been many customer service issues. One issue that was pointed out was that though the account … Continue reading
Online Registration System for Indian Hospitals.. No Privacy Policy?
As a part of the Digital India program, the Government of India is encouraging hospitals in India to make use of the “Online Registration System (ORS) framework to link various hospitals across the country for providing some services such as … Continue reading
Cyber Security Issues dominate US Election
Cyber Issues have never dominated an election process as much as it now has the US Presidential elections of 2016. Whether Trump will win or Hillary will prevail depend on how the Cyber activities in US have affected the electoral … Continue reading